Hello all - am attempting a massive catch up and have the thread open on 2 pages simultaneously so I can write on one and read it on the other!
Want2b - very jealous of your baby shower! I'd love one but don't know anyone whos ever had one so don't think it would go down too well if I were to try and organise my own iyswim. I am getting lots of 2nd hand bits though which is nice and still have to go up in the loft and go through ds1&2's clothes. I realised yesterday that I have actually only bought 3 items of clothing so far!! 
Will have to rectify this soon!!
ISitreally - I am using the same mattress I have used for all 3 of mine so by the time baby goes into it at 6 months ish it will be 11 years old! It has a wipe clean side to it though which is the upper side and is still as firm as it was new so don't really see point in buying a new one. Both my boys were only in it till they were 17 months so less than a year each and dd came out of it when she was 2 so hasn't had that much use. Had new monitor for last baby so, assuming I can find both plugs (only found 1 so far!) I shall be reusing that too.
Button - not been shown 'log roll' but not sure a pillow will help me, the thing I struggle most with at night is pain in my hips which is caused just by the weight of me lying on them without moving (I'd normally sleep in recovery position ish pose) and trying to move at all. I do try and get into bed in the way you said, I think, as I finding lifting my legs into bed a real struggle. Also always really struggle at MW appts with trying to get my legs up onto the bed things and have to lift legs up with my hands! And big sympathy with BH, I'm alos getting a lot and they are much more painful than I've ever had before. Its every evening without fail and sometimes at other times too. They woke me up several times Monday night which worried me a little but not done it since thank goodness. Yet another reason I'm thinking #4 was not such a good idea!!
The pain from the groin down the inside of the thighs is what I really struggle with and yes - different to what I think is my sciatica pain which I get from butt down! Its the inner thigh thing which makes lifting legs so incredibly difficult I find.
Christmas - don't know about the headache thing - hoping its better now 
Re travelling - we have a holiday booked in South of France on 20th August so about 6 weeks after my due date. We'll be driving 2 hours to dover, travelling 2 hours on the ferry to Dunkirque and then driving for approx 8-9 hours to Dordogne!! I think its going to be absolute hell TBH but I think 2 weeks spent lying in the sun by the pool (completely private so I don't have to worry about all the extra baby weight!!) while the kids play, with the odd wander around a market, by a river or maybe exploring some caves will be absolutely worth every second of the drive! I have history of PND and really do think it will do me the world of good to get away for a couple of weeks and not have all the pressures of home/housework/bills/bored dc etc etc. I really can't wait, I love France!! 
Sorry got a bit carried away with my own plans - does it show I'm excited?! 
I think your situation will be quite different as a wedding is probably not so relaxing and its presumably only for a couple of days? The travelling might be quite tiring but I've always found by then that I'm pretty much back to normal other than the exhaustion from sleepless nights but that goes on for months and months (IME) and you tend to adapt and just get on with things as normal. But babies that age are actually quite easy to transport, particularly if BF, probably easier than past 6 months when they're more mobile and awake and can't be quite so easily shut up calmed by shoving a boob/dummy/bottle in their mouth!!
So sorry to hear everyone is struggling so much with work 
Because I was signed off sick I had to start my mat leave at 29 weeks (Maternity allowance as am self employed), I'm disappointed that I'm losing 3 months of my time off with baby but so grateful for not having to try and work now, there is no way I could. And I do work as a CM so its not like I'm going to have to leave him at 6 months hes just going to have to share me! And I won't be able to 'sleep when the baby sleeps'!
hIGHFIBRE (oops) - sorry to hear about diabetes. Have you posted on main board? If so I hope you've had some good advice and reassurance. Also hope meeting went well this am.
Christmas - sorry to hear about the Bell's Palsy, I hope it clears up soon for you.
Misslolita - Sorry to hear about your MIL. I hope the 2nd scan shows things to have improved. My ds2 had a cyst on his brain at the 20 wk scan which was a soft marker for Edward's syndrome. I knew the chances of anything being wrong were very slim and really I had nothing to worry about but once they'd told me that (and they handled it all extremely badly) it really did hang over me untill we had another at 32 (I think) weeks that showed it to have gone completely. It was only when told it was all ok that I realised just how much it had affected me. Glad you're not having to wait long for another scan though and that all the other signs are good
Confuddled - very glad that overall your meeting seemed to go so well for you with several positive outcomes
Button
"I know I wanted this baby, and I still do. I just want it to be over. Let this be written in stone:
There. Will. Never. Be. A. Number. Five. Got it?"
I am SOOO with you on this!! Also very glad you've managed to get the pain relief sorted.
Confuddled - Yes my PGP never went away completely (I do have other as yet undiagnosed health problems though) but it certainly was a lot better after giving birth but still quite a significasnt problem untill about 6 months when it became much more of an occassional thing. I really, really can't wait for it to start getting better though, it makes everything such hard work doesn't it?!
Fab - I never actually pumped but i did try 'nipple stimulation' when overdue with ds2. I found it did start contractions/BH but the minute I stopped so did they, it wasn't really getting me anywhere except sore nipples so I gave up!
Jimmy - NCT women sound awful - I cannot stand peole like that. I have only ever been to one antenatal meeting and that was 11 years ago!! Think I'll keep it that way!
Interesting confuddled - I was going to post and say how Asda normally comes up big for babies and children's clothes! Maybe they have downsized them a bit in the last few years!! I always used to find that the cheaper the clothes (Asda, Primark, Matalan etc) the bigger they were whereas the slightly more expensive clothes (Next, M&S etc) always seemed smaller. 
Just seen your latest post confuddled - Hope all goes well, whatever that 'all' is! (and by that I mean going into labour or not, just read it back and thought hmm, that could be misconstrued!)
Fraochsmum - I had to read that a couple of times before I could think what willies was meant to be! And lol at your arse not being the size of a cow yet!! I have had lots of people tell me how big I am and continually getting 'can't have long yet' and then people being gobsmacked that I still have 6 weeks to go. But I did get one person at the weekend tell me I looked wonderful which was rather nice!
Eek just realised how huge this post is - think its a record even for me! 
Going to put my own update in a speperate post so it doesn't look quite so bad!!